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Women's Rights & Issues

Panich52

(5,829 posts) Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:02 PM Jan 2015

Our Saudi 'friends? Still 'no way out' f/ Saudi women

What does the United States' alliance with the repressive kingdom say about us?

Morning Memo:

http://link.nationalmemo.com/5390d3d3dd52b8141a0aafe5282s1.zsg/VMl6-EmOWX3xDH-yCc3d2

Just because our own society isn't as un-biased as some claim, or as our founding principles purport to be, doesn't mean those who opose the inequality can't try to help women in other societies.

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Our Saudi 'friends? Still 'no way out' f/ Saudi women (Original Post) Panich52 Jan 2015 OP

what it says is that we really aren't all that different--or that oil is more important than niyad Jan 2015 #1

niyad

(113,527 posts)

1. what it says is that we really aren't all that different--or that oil is more important than